What to Expect

“Utsue” Waterfalls.
This site is about 17km away from Takayama Station, 30 mins by car. It is designated by Japanese Government as one of 100 most beautiful natural scenery in Japan. Especially it is beautiful in autumn when leaves change the color. The area of 800Ha is natural reserve, in 1,300m altitude. There is a viewpoint for Japan Alps in 880m altitude. There are almost 13 different waterfalls in 1 hour walking distance. Some of them got more than 15m height. It also has beautiful trekking course of 1.5Km for one way.

“Hana no Mori” Flower Park.
This flower park is located next to the Utsue Waterfall with the area of 35,000m2 natural park. It features a variety of Japanese flower blooming in different time of the year. It is only open from late-May to early-August. 10,000 plants of “Bamboo Lily” in June-July, 150,000 plants of “Japanese Primrose” in May-June, 5,000 plants of “Hydrangea” in July-August. You can also see flowers such as “Asian Skunk Cabbage”, “Golden Lace”, “Sweet Flag”, “Japanese Stewartia” in the park. The tree species you can find in the park will be “Magnolia”, “Japanese white birch”, “Horse Chestnut”, “Japanese Cedar”, “Japanese Oak”, etc.

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Hi, I'm Junichi, a Japanese business owner, based in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, JAPAN. My hometown is Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, and not too far from Takayama. After working in Africa for 10 years for Japanese Government as development aid worker, I moved to this small but lovely town, Takayama in 2015 with my family, and opened Thai restaurant "THANYAPORN " on ground floor in our house. My wife is Thai and she cooks great Thai food. Currently we are the only one Thai restaurant in Takayama ! (Check it through TripAdvisor...) I also run my own guesthouse in 2 mins walk from Takayama Station, so anyone is welcome to stay in my guesthouse. (Find us through booking.com or airbnb)

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